Wildfires of 2000

Outlet Fire

2000ArizonaWildfire

The Outlet Fire burned 15,427 acres in Arizona, in 2000. It was discovered on May 10, 2000, and contained on June 15, 2000. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.

Size
15,427 acres
Discovered
May 10, 2000
Contained
June 15, 2000
Cause
Human

Map

The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 14,327 acres. Point of origin as reported, 36.319, -111.985.

The record

Reported final size
15,427 acres
Burned area mapped by MTBS
14,327 acres
Area inside the final perimeter
13,053 acres
Discovered
May 10, 2000, 12:00 p.m. local time
Contained
June 15, 2000, 6:00 p.m. local time
Cause
Human, Debris and open burning
State
Arizona
Reporting unit
Kaibab National Forest
Agency
Forest Service
Unit
AZGCP
Incident type
Wildfire
Unique fire identifier
2000-AZGCP-000019
MTBS fire identifier
AZ3628811200020000510
MTBS assessment
Extended
Fire occurrence record
FS-354156
Perimeter map method
GPS - Uncorrected Data
Perimeter records
2 on file for this fire; the largest is shown
Note on the perimeter
gps + dig from NPS

The three sizes are three measurements: the size the agency reported when the fire was out, the burned area MTBS drew from satellite imagery before and after, and the GIS area inside the final perimeter, unburned islands included. They rarely agree exactly.

Other large fires in Arizona in 200012

FireAcresStartCause
Coon Creek Fire9,359Apr 26, 2000Human
Pumpkin Fire8,759May 25, 2000Natural
Ridge Fire8,690Jul 22, 2000Natural
Unnamed Fire6,064Apr 29, 2000
Gus Fire5,700Apr 9, 2000Human
CITYHALL2 Fire5,200Jun 2, 2000Human
Deluge Fire3,974Feb 9, 2000
Lane Fire2,750May 14, 2000Human
Unnamed Fire2,516May 23, 2000
Peak Fire2,310Jul 30, 2000Natural
Unnamed Fire2,081May 23, 2000
Rattlesnak Fire1,554Jul 25, 2000Natural

Every fire of 2000 Arizona fire history

Nearby

Sources

Perimeters from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Interagency Fire Perimeter History, compiled from the Forest Service, BLM, BIA, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, the Alaska Interagency Fire Center and CAL FIRE. Burned areas and ignition dates from Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (MTBS), a program of the US Geological Survey and the USDA Forest Service. Fire reports from Short, Karen C. 2022, Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014], 6th Edition, Forest Service Research Data Archive, doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6. Records before 2014 were joined by this site: a fire report to the burned area its MTBS identifier names, a perimeter to the burned area it lies in when the names or the sizes agree.